Definition

1. Verb:

   • To drag: To pull something along a surface, often with effort or a scraping sound. Commonly used for dragging one's feet or an object on the ground.
   • To shuffle: To walk without lifting one's feet completely off the ground, creating a dragging motion.

2. Noun:

   • Pear: A sweet, juicy fruit, typically with a green, yellow, or brown skin and white flesh.
   • Pear tree: The tree that bears this fruit.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đứa bé mệt mỏi lê đôi chân về nhà. (The tired child dragged his feet home.)
  • Bà cụ lê từng bước trên con đường làng. (The old woman shuffled step by step along the village road.)
• Noun:
  • Tôi thích ăn lê vì nó ngọt và nhiều nước. (I like to eat pears because they are sweet and juicy.)
  • Cây lê trong vườn năm nay ra rất nhiều quả. (The pear tree in the garden bore a lot of fruit this year.)

Advanced Usage

• "lê la": To loiter, to linger aimlessly.

  • Bọn trẻ lê la ở quán nước cả buổi chiều. (The kids loitered at the drink stall all afternoon.)

• "lê thê": Protracted, dragging on, long and drawn-out.

  • Câu chuyện của ông ấy kể lê thê không có hồi kết. (His story dragged on and on without an end.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lưỡi lê (n): Bayonet.

  • Người lính gắn lưỡi lê vào đầu súng. (The soldier fixed the bayonet to the end of his rifle.)

• Lăn lê (v): To roll and drag oneself (often in the phrase "lăn lê bò toài" meaning to struggle or strive desperately).

  • Anh ấy đã lăn lê bò toài để nuôi sống gia đình. (He struggled desperately to support his family.)

Synonyms

• Drag: To pull along with force.
• Shuffle: To walk by dragging one's feet.
• Pear: The fruit (synonyms: pear fruit).

Related Idioms

• Lê gót chân: To drag one's heels; to be reluctant or slow to act.

  • Đừng có lê gót chân, công việc cần phải hoàn thành. (Don't drag your heels; the work needs to be finished.)

• Lê cuộc đời/kiếp: To drag out a miserable existence.

  • Ông ấy lê cuộc đời trong nghèo khổ. (He dragged out his life in poverty.)

verb

1. to drag (one's feet)

noun

1. pear
   • cây lê
     pear-tree